All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Thesis: From Fandom to Franchise: Generational Discourse Among Fans and Producers, Nicholas C. Benson
Dissertation: International Banking sector Linkages: Did the Global Financial Crisis Strengthen or Weaken the Linkages?, James Edward Benton
Thesis: An Exploration of Drug Trafficking Among Female Offenders in the Caribbean, Dianne Berger-Hill
Dissertation: How Counselors Are Trained to Work with Bisexual Clients in CACREP-Accredited Programs, Laurie Anne Bonjo
Dissertation: Counselor Demographics, Client Aggression, Counselor Job Satisfaction, and Confidence in Coping in Residential Treatment Programs, Erik Braun
Thesis: Measuring the Value of Conceptual Modeling a Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis, Jeffrey Alan Brelsford
Dissertation: New Tools for Real-Time Study of Embryonic Development, Lauren M. Browning
Thesis: Bullying Among School-Aged Children, Alfreada Brown-Kelly
Thesis: Operation and Modification of a B-Stage for Efficient Nitrogen Removal in an A/B Process Pilot Study, Ryder Bunce
Dissertation: System Governance Analysis of Complex Systems, Behnido Y. Calida
Dissertation: The Effects of Self-Regulated Learning on Community College Students' Metacognition and Achievement in Developmental Math Courses, Karen D. Y. Campbell
Dissertation: Teacher Beliefs, Teacher Concerns, and School Leadership Support as Influences on School Readiness for Implementing a Research-Based Reform Model, Elizabeth Hoag Carhart
Dissertation: Community College Presidents' Perspectives of Dichotomous Events: The Consequences of the Great Recession & Coincidental Increased Enrollment, Corey W. Carlson
Dissertation: The Role of Proximity in Reducing Auto Travel: Using VMT to Identify Key Locations for Development, from Downtown to the Exurbs, Robert B. Case
Dissertation: A Further Test of Strain Theory: Does Gender Discrimination Contribute to Theft by Employees?, John A. Casten
Thesis: Individual Differences and Usage of Learner Control, Katelyn J. Cavanaugh
Thesis: The Role of Trust as a Mediator Between System Characteristics and Response Behaviors, Eric T. Chancey
Dissertation: A Polymer-Based Microfluidic Device with Electrolyte-Enabled Distributed Transducers (EEDT) for Distributed Load Detection, Peng Cheng
Dissertation: Use of a Rolling Road System in Crosswind Conditions, Mau-Kuo Chen
Dissertation: Subtalar Joint Instability: Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment, Julie Choisne
Dissertation: School Personnel Perceptions of Professional School Counselor Role and Function, Caron N. Coles
Dissertation: Addressing the Needs of Students With Color Vision Deficiencies in the Elementary School Library, Karla Bame Collins
Dissertation: To Catch a Pirate: Analyzing Processes of Policy Making on Maritime Piracy, Victoria E. Collins
Thesis: Friends or Foes: Interpreting the Relationship Between Two Synoptic Small Mammals in Southeastern Virginia, the Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon Hispidus) and eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys Humulis), Sarah A. Crawford
Dissertation: Effects of Signal Ambiguity and Signal Location on Target Detection Under Varying Degrees of Time Constraint, Kimberly E. Culley
Thesis: In Vitro Selection of Chloroquine Tolerant Plasmodium Falciparum Parasites, Daniel A. Daley
Dissertation: Watershed-Scale Hybrid Stochastic-Deterministic Modeling Framework and Diffused Sources Superpositioning, Ruby Juvah Damalie
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Local Wealth and Dual Enrollment Participation in Virginia's Community Colleges: Rural, Urban, and Suburban Patterns and Subsequent Postsecondary Enrollment Status, Ellen Richardson Davenport
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Minority Student Enrollment at Various Levels of Postsecondary Education, LaShauna Mychal's Dean
Thesis: The Effects of Intent and Consequences on the Assignment of Penalties Related to HIV Non-Disclosure Situations, Yang Deng
Dissertation: Structural and Functional Study of Multidrug Membrane Transporters, Feng Ding
Thesis: Evaluating the Contribution of Groundwater to Wetland Water Budgets Central Piedmont Virginia, Kerby Morgan Dobbs
Dissertation: Visualizing and Understanding Tectonism and Volcanism on Earth and Other Terrestrial Bodies, Mladen M. Dordevic
Thesis: Child Emotional Abuse and Its Relationship to Obesity, Kelly Anderson Driscoll
Dissertation: Investigations of Phytoplankton Diversity in Chesapeake Bay, Todd Arthur Egerton
Dissertation: Employability Advantages of Marketing Education Industry Certification Examinations, Devon Ashley Elmore
Dissertation: Experiences and Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals Considered Effective in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Bonita H. Erb
Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Gatekeeping Among PhD Counselor Educators, Carol A. Erbes
Dissertation: The 2002 National Security Strategy: The Foundation of a Doctrine of Preemption, Prevention, or Anticipatory Action, Troy Lorenzo Ewing
Dissertation: Modeling Studies of Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba) Survival During Transport Across the Scotia Sea and Environs, Bettina Andrea Fach
Dissertation: Investigation of NbNx Thin Films and Nanoparticles Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition and Thermal Diffusion, Ashraf Hassan Farha
Thesis: Probabilistic Modeling of Erroneous Human Response to In-Vehicle Route Guidance Systems A Domain Decomposition-Based Algorithm, Abdullah Al Farooq
Thesis: Crosswords at a Crossroad: The Puzzle Turns 100. What Is the Clue to Its Survival?, Lynn J. Feigenbaum
Dissertation: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials: The Attitudes of Three Generations Toward Their Higher Education Objectives in Georgia Community Colleges, Jodi Fissel
Dissertation: Improving the Stability of High and Low Bandgap Polymers Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using a Solution Based Titanium Sub-Oxide Interfacial Layer, Kurniawan Foe
Dissertation: Shared Leadership in Six Sigma Teams From the North Shore-LIJ Health System, Brian J. Galli
Dissertation: Lower Extremity Biomechanics During Single Leg Drop Landings in Individuals with Patellofemoral Pain, Stacey L. Gaven
Dissertation: Promoting Gender and Building Peace: Evolving Norms and International Practices, Renata Avelar Giannini
Dissertation: Nonproliferation and the Domestic Politics Theory of Compliance, Kimberly Van Dyke Gilligan
Thesis: Patterns of Gene Expression from Human Costal Cartilage in Relation to the Chest Wall Deformity Pectus Carinatum, Janna E. Grubbs
Dissertation: An Expert Based Multi Attribute Group Decision Making (MAGDM) Model for Portfolio Evaluation: Application on Ground Force Units, Metin Gultekin
Dissertation: The Transformation of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party): Exploring Domestic, Regional, and Global Dynamics, Akin Guneri
Thesis: Molecular Characteristics of the Water Soluable Organic Matter in Size Resolved Aerosols Collected Over the North Atlantic Ocean, Sarah Catherine Gurganus
Dissertation: Approximate Algorithms for the Combined arrival-Departure Aircraft Sequencing and Reactive Scheduling Problems on Multiple Runways, Gulsah Hancerliogullari
Dissertation: The Effect of Public Pre-Kindergarten Attendance on First Grade Reading and Social Achievement: A District Level Analysis, Michael James Haslip
Dissertation: An Examination of the Predictive Relationship Between Mode of Instruction and Student Success in Introductory Biology, Lynette Kathleen Hauser
Dissertation: Student Retention in BSN Programs, Katherine Pittman Hensley
Thesis: Denitrification and Biological Phosphorus Removal Using Focused, Pulse-Treated, Thickened Waste Activated Sludge as an Internal Carbon Source, Holly Anne Hillard
Dissertation: An eLearning Narration Modality Study: In Pursuit of Faster, Cheaper, and Almost the Same, Richard David Horner
Thesis: Phosphorus Cycling in Tropical Carbonate Sediment-Seagrass Systems, Zachary Howerton
Dissertation: The RQ-Tech Methodology: A New Paradigm for Conceptualizing Strategic Enterprise Architectures, Christine Ann Hoyland
Dissertation: Attachment Ability and Melanoma Inhibitory Activity mRNA Expression Level Changes in Murine B16-F10 Melanoma Cells Post Nanosecond Electric Pulses, Hongxia Jia
Dissertation: The User Experience of Participation: Tracing the Intersection of Sociotechnical Design and Cultural Practice in Digital Ecosystems, David L. Jones
Dissertation: Micro to Macro Dynamics of Shared Awareness Emergence in Situations Theory: Towards a General Theory of Shared Awareness, Samuel F. Kavacic
Dissertation: Investigating Similarities and Differences as Measured by the DUREL and GSQ Between Three Subgroups Attending a Local AA Meeting to Develop a Profile of Long Term Attendees, Keesha Masean Kerns
Dissertation: Worked Examples in Teaching Queries for Searching Academic Databases, Mary Kickham-Samy
Thesis: Comparing Velscope VX and Traditional Oral Exams in Shisha (Hookah) Smokers: A Pilot Study, Amanda E. Kimball
Thesis: Protective Behavioral Strategy Subtypes as Moderators of the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems, Benjamin A. Kite
Dissertation: Measurement of Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), Ivan Koralt
Thesis: Regulation of Hyaluronate Lyase (HylA) Expression by RegR A Transcriptional Repressor in Streptococcus Pyogenes, Alexis A. Kordis
Thesis: Croatia Joins Europe, Nikola Kovač
Dissertation: Project Management Professional Training Needs for Defense Industry Projects, Cole Jerome Kupec II
Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Fraternal Chapter Director Education Programs and Current Issues Related to Undergraduate Students, Brian-Patrick Kurisky
Dissertation: Modelling Locally Changing Variance Structured Time Series Data By Using Breakpoints Bootstrap Filtering, Rajan Lamichhane
Thesis: Depression, Social Anxiety, and Attachment as Predictors of the Use and Quality of Cyber Communication, Stefan E. LaTulip
Thesis: Empathic Communication: Lifespan Influences and Transgressional Associations in Military Romantic Relationships, Samantha Faith LeVan
Dissertation: The Complexity of Armed Conflict in Mindanao: Beyond Economic Deprivation, Discrimination, and Inequality, Nasser Pendatun Lidasan
Dissertation: Computational Dynamics for the Flexible Multi-Body System, Yu Liu
Thesis: Evaluating Alternatives for Augmented Water Quality Improvement Utilizing Oyster Restoration as Best Management Practice (BMP), Stephanie Roberts Long
Thesis: Fair Trade An Analysis of the Effects on Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment for Women in Developing Countries, Maribel Concepcion Lora
Dissertation: Three Essays on Corporate Liquidity, Financial Crisis, and Real Estate, Kimberly Fowler Luchtenberg
Dissertation: Soft Power Strategies in US Foreign Policy: Assessing the Impact of Citizen Diplomacy on Foreign States' Behavior, Stephen Macharia Magu
Dissertation: Experiences of the Process and Outcomes of Group Dream Work, Penny Makris
Dissertation: Rez Realities: Exploring the Perceptions of Crime and Justice Among Tribal Police Officers in Indian Country, Favian Alejandro Martin
Dissertation: Double Spin Asymmetry in d →(e→e'p)n, Michael Mayer
Thesis: Protein Loop Length Estimation From Medium Resolution Cryoem Images, Andrew R. McKnight
Thesis: Environmental and Physiological Influences on Productivity and Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), Meredith Leigh McPherson
Thesis: Blaming the Victim: Effects of Victim and Respondent Characteristics on Attribution of Blame to Rape Victims, Richard Allen Measel
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Factors Influencing the Level of State Government Privatization, Getachew Melkie
Dissertation: Optimal Control Modeling and Simulation, with Application to Cholera Dynamics, Chairat Modnak
Dissertation: Three Essays on Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Kaveh Moghaddam
Dissertation: The State of Representation and Segregation Among African American Women at the U.S. Department of Commerce: An Examination of the Intersection of Strategic Planning With Race and Gender, Sesha Joi Moon
Dissertation: An Investigation of Pavement Distress Variables on Crash Outcomes Using Hierarchical Generalized Linear Regression Modeling, Robert Alan Morgan
Dissertation: The Effects of Generative Strategies in Instructional Simulations on Learning, Cognitive Load, and Calibration Accuracy, Jennifer R. Morrison
Dissertation: Analysis of Continuous Longitudinal Data with ARMA(1, 1) and Antedependence Correlation Structures, Sirisha Mushti
Thesis: Optimization of DEMON® Sidestream Treatment and Potential for Anammox Mainstream Bioaugmentation, Andrea Lauren Nifong
Dissertation: Characterization of Microwave Discharge Plasmas for Surface Processing, Milka Nikolic
Dissertation: Topics in Electromagnetic, Acoustic, and Potential Scattering Theory, Umaporn Nuntaplook
Thesis: A Multi-Configuration Display Methodology Incorporating Reflection for Real-Time Haptic-Interactive Virtual Environments, Mohammad F. Obeid
Thesis: Use of Immersive Visualization for the Control of Dental Anxiety During Dental Hygiene Treatment, Carmelo Padrino-Barrios